cleveland.com: Daniel J. Flannery, the Semi J. and Ruth W. Begun Professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences and director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, said the coronavirus resulted in record unemployment, dire projections for evictions and brought many of the underlying systemic socioeconomic problems into sharp focus—and, quite possibly, crime.

Daniel Flannery, the Semi J. and Ruth W. Begun Professor at the Mandel School and the director of the Begun Center.